Deal Structure Entrepreneur Partner Product 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
I thought I’d try to look at it from a different lens, that of the entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur you should assume that. That is why I tell people not to shop deals too widely. When I was fund raising for my second company we had agreed a company-wide deal with Salesforce.com to use our product.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
It’s simple; know how to spot potential and use your area of expertise to identify whether or not this startup’s product or service will become a lucrative asset to its audience. Here’s how to spot potential in a growing company when looking to invest: Assess the company’s product or service.
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View from Seed
OCTOBER 21, 2014
In short, more and more entrepreneurs are signaling their price expectations earlier in their seed fundraise process. In theory, there are three levels of pricing for an entrepreneur to potentially signal to a prospective investor: 1. And as my partner Rob Go likes to say, “Time kills all deals.”).
Genuine VC
JULY 30, 2012
Like any economic transaction, the pricing of a startup’s seed round ultimately depends on the equation of perceived supply (the quality of the team, product, & market) and demand (how many competitive alternatives there are to any one given funder, including non-consumption). Above market.
David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
In the end, Plated was able to use the domain to prove out its minimal viable product for a nominal amount of cash, raise capital, and purchase the domain in full. As an entrepreneur, you can identify un-monetized or under-monetized domain names, and then approach the owner with your startup idea.
David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
In the end, Plated was able to use the domain to prove out its minimal viable product for a nominal amount of cash, raise capital, and purchase the domain in full. As an entrepreneur, you can identify un-monetized or under-monetized domain names, and then approach the owner with your startup idea.
Hunter Walker
MAY 18, 2015
The James Irvine Foundation joined us in Fund I and has been a great partner since. At Irvine, we have spent two decades building an approach to venture that we believe enables us to identify and partner with the best firms consistently, throughout cycles. in nonprofit grants to that extent. AD: I think that is sound advice.
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